Today’s episode is all about emotional flow—how energy moves through your body and what to do when it gets stuck. Colleen explains how your thoughts can block the natural upward movement of desire, inspiration, and curiosity—reversing the flow and creating emotional heaviness, anxiety, and burnout.

You’ll learn why it’s not always necessary to unpack your childhood or analyze every emotion. Sometimes the simplest shift comes from asking: is this thought opening me up, or shutting me down?

Whether you’re stuck in your career, your relationship, or your relationship with alcohol—this episode will show you how to unclog your energy, reclaim your creativity, and speak your truth into the world.

💡 Key Takeaways:

• Your brain is the gatekeeper of your energy—every belief either expands or contracts you.

• Heaviness and anxiety are often the result of blocked emotional flow, not personal failure.

• You don’t have to do a deep dive into your trauma to free yourself—you just have to notice the energetic state you’re in.

• You can change your reality by changing what you believe and acting from a more open state.

• "I create as I speak" isn't just a phrase—it’s a practice of embodiment and emotional sobriety.
  
  
  
  

✨ Action Step:

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In this episode, Dr. Aimee joins Colleen to explain what it really means to have “stored trauma” in the body—and why unresolved trauma often shows up not as flashbacks, but as fatigue, perfectionism, people-pleasing, and habits like nightly drinking. You’ll hear how trauma is stored at the cellular level, why cognitive awareness isn’t enough to heal it, and what it really takes to feel safe in your own body.

Key Takeaways:

• Trauma isn’t defined by an event—it’s defined by your body’s response to overwhelm, powerlessness, and isolation.

• Many women don’t realize they’re stuck in a trauma response because it looks like being “too busy,” “not having willpower,” or “just needing to try harder.”

• The trauma response shows up biologically, at the cellular level, often causing fatigue, anxiety, inflammation, and shut down.

• The nervous system doesn't respond to logic—it responds to cues of safety and danger. When your body perceives a threat, you can’t use reason to override shame, fear and anxiety.

• You don’t heal trauma by talking about it—you heal it by completing the stress response, regulating the nervous system, and shifting how safe you feel in your body.

You can pre-order Dr. Amy’s new book Biology of Trauma and get over $400 in bonuses at biologyoftrauma.com.

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Today’s episode is all about the practice of being okay no matter what. Colleen shares the mindset shift that changed everything for her—especially while growing her business on TikTok—and how you can apply the same concept to anything in your life.

Whether it's tech glitches, traffic, or your partner’s tone of voice, there’s always an invitation to be bothered—or an opportunity to practice emotional sobriety instead.
This episode will show you why true freedom isn't about changing your circumstances; it's about expanding your capacity to stay unbothered in the middle of them.

💡 Key Takeaways:

• Your happiness depends on managing your internal world, not controlling the external world.
• Resistance creates emotional "weight" that slows you down and steals your energy.
• Growth comes from solving higher-level problems—not avoiding discomfort.
• You can skip the part where you get upset and go straight to being okay.
• Emotional sobriety isn't perfection—it's the choice to exist without adding extra suffering.

✨ Action Step:

Pick one small irritation today—something low-stakes—and practice letting it go without needing it to change. Notice how much lighter you feel when you simply allow things to be as they are.

If you are ready to get support from a community of women who are co-creating this change with intention and clarity— Click here to BOOK A DISCOVERY CALL.

Do you want help from Colleen with a situation you’re struggling with? Click here to submit your question for Colleen’s NEW Q& A episodes. Your name will not be mentioned on air!

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TikTok: @hangoverwhisperer

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